Lost and Found Redux – the Roeder Sport Custom

Remember back in middle school when your English teacher told you that speeling wuz importnant? Stephen Salata recently found that out when he discovered that the car he recently bought – which he believed was built by a man named Robert Rader when Stephen submitted it to the Lost and Found column in Hemmings Classic […]

Carspotting: Chicago in sunnier times

The library at the University of Illinois at Chicago has just released a series of photographs of downtown Chicago street scenes taken by the Illinois Department of Transportation over the years. Being the IDOT, there are admittedly many photographs of empty intersections, but among them are plenty of the sort of photographs a lot of […]

Fun with Nitromethane – AMC Matador Edition

The distances traveled, unpacking of tools, and careful unloading of exotic fuel. The remote battery drawn from the toolkit, fully charged and ready to start the engine. The moments that seem like hours staging the car for the run. The tense drama starting an engine powered by an explosive fuel more powerful than dynamite. Carefully […]